Pros and Cons of a Macrobiotic Diet
What happens when you put diabetics on a diet composed of largely whole grains, vegetables, and beans?
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What happens when you put diabetics on a diet composed of largely whole grains, vegetables, and beans?
What would happen if you stopped brushing your teeth but ate healthier?
Overt omega-3 deficiency is rare, but do short-term experiments on cognitive function suggest there might be an optimal DHA dose?
What can our nutrient requirements, metabolism, and physiology tell us about what we should be eating?
Why do some recommend thousands of units of supplemental vitamin D when the Institute of Medicine set the recommended daily intake at just 600 to 800 units?
How the food, drug, and supplement industries have taken advantage of the field of nutrition’s reductionist mindset
If studies from the 1970s showed cancer patients treated with vitamin C lived 4 times longer and sometimes even 20 times longer, why isn’t it standard practice today?
The parable of the tiny parachute explains the study that found no relationship between dietary fiber intake and diverticulosis.
The Institute of Medicine’s conservative position on vitamin D is understandable, given the history of hyped vitamin supplements (vitamin A, beta carotene, folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E) that turned out worthless—or worse.
Why does the medical establishment sometimes ignore highly efficacious therapies, such as plant-based diets, for heart disease prevention and treatment?
